Jungle

Sun 4th

Beatyard is delighted to bring Jungle to Dun Laoghaire, Dublin this August.

Funk-indebted acts characterized by lazing rhythms, falsetto vocals, and commercial aspirations were scarce in 2014, when Jungle capitalized upon their breakthrough single “Busy Earnin'” with a self-titled album that hit the U.K. Top Ten. By the time the band had been nominated for a Mercury Prize and released the first singles from their follow-up full-length, the novelty tag had worn off and they had become fixtures of the revered XL Recordings label.

Led by childhood friends Josh Lloyd-Watson and Tom McFarland, musicians originally identified as J and T, Jungle formed in early 2013 and wasted little time. Connected with the Chess Club label, they released their first singles – the hypnotic and relaxed dance grooves “Platoon” and “The Heat” — that July and October.

Jungle expanded to a seven-piece band for live performances, as Lloyd-Watson and McFarland did not want to simply play the music from their laptops in concert. In early 2018, they released the drifting “House in L.A.” and grooving “Happy Man” as the first singles off their second album, For Ever. Several other singles followed in advance of the album, which was released in September of that year.